{"id":118946,"date":"2026-02-20T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youthdata.circle.tufts.edu\/?p=118946"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:16:49","slug":"age-check-requirement-to-chat-now-live-globally-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthdata.circle.tufts.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/age-check-requirement-to-chat-now-live-globally-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Check Requirement to Chat Now Live Globally Announcements RobloxAge Check Requirement to Chat Now Live Globally Announcements Roblox7"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New Requirements to Publish and Update Public Experiences Announcements Roblox<\/h1>\n<p>It is unfortunate that our beloved roblox employees are in kindergarten and they did not learn how to read yet Roblox you should mostly keep this as like a 1 day test to see how people react, if they react badly, remove it! So, 2 months later, over 4,000 replies, over 900 likes <a href=\"https:\/\/hplaptopservicecenter.in\/\">mostbet aviator<\/a> to my reply, and no changes. Usually i disagree with the word \u201cragebait\u201d but continuously ignoring all of us and having this be the FIRST thing back from the new years has to literally be satire because ??? Sharing my socials inside a game helps me build my community and get bug reports in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age-based chat makes it easy for users to communicate with others in similar age groups for age-appropriate conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Alright so it\u2019s nice to see that a roblox dev with 9 years of experience develops such high quality titles like these.<\/li>\n<li>This is a very strange change to make to the platform.<\/li>\n<li>I fail to see how this is even remotely close to being beneficial to the platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s especially important for our younger users and their parents to understand that not every online interaction represents a \u2018friendship\u2019 in the traditional sense. We want people on Roblox to be able to differentiate between these acquaintances and their closer, deeper connections. Or will they become curators of games they never really developed, caretakers of unknowable architectures? This is effectively you collecting entire games at this point. Stardew Valley was made by a single guy, without a game engine, you are using a game engine and it\u2019s one of the easiest in the world and you still need AI, Are we deadass gang? I cannot stress this enough, everything you input into this model will theoretically be able to show up in AI results giving everyone access to YOUR games content.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like a cool update but i really dislike how Friends got renamed to Connections. Our efforts to make sure everyone has the right controls to keep their time on Roblox positive, safe, and appropriate for their age. We know how important safety, well-being and connection is to creators and everyone on Roblox; The second you turn 13 you are now legally allowed to have friends<\/p>\n<p>Anybody who is confused about these updates needs to start paying attention. You can kick and scream and try to force it on everyone all you want, you will not change the minds of the players. We just want 2D Faces like it\u2019s been for the last TWENTY YEARS. Forcing dynamic heads on everything doesn\u2019t increase expression, it just homogenizes it. For example, the right one could be any random modern roblox head. The left image has a distinct aesthetic and personality.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfriend\u201d system was a straightforward way for users to connect, play together, and communicate. From Roblox\u2019s inception as \u201cDynaBlocks\u201d in 2004 (officially Roblox in 2006), social interaction and building community have always been core to our experience. We\u2019ll share updates on test expansion and broader rollout here soon. Mirrors do not build, they reflect, and if you prompt it to build you a game then sure, it will. No evidence that this is an experience made by a human for other humans. A character, a storyline, a mechanic, an entire game.<\/p>\n<h2>Will the Experience Details Page be visible for private experiences?<\/h2>\n<p>Players got renamed to visitors, games are experiences, and now friends are just connections, Roblox is completely disconnected from their audience. While launching these age checks is a priority for safety, we\u2019ll continue to build features to minimize the impact on your experiences, especially more social games. Then when the people who make the games reject a change we are all ignored and the changes go through anyways. With the ability to publish experiences to more than 151 million daily active users1 with just the press of a button, Roblox gives creators the opportunity to share their creativity with the world. This feels like a prerequisite update to roblox adding dating, of course they\u2019ll be connections and not your friends I will never call Friends \u201cconnections\u201d, doesn\u2019t fit to the platform, and even having an chat for 18+ people to say stuff without filters, is absolutely dangerous to children under 9 or 13.<\/p>\n<h3>How will collaborators on experiences be affected?<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard that some people say that Roblox crashes on Windows 11 insider builds without the error message showing, that\u2019s all I know. Edit; my roblox player just randomly closed without even being in a game. Randomly when playing roblox it just closes down without any error message and nothing I do is fixing it.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one of the worst causes in exploiters is gone from some of my games are gone forever, it was becoming unbearable. The allowlist is subject to change, and we reserve the right to add or remove flags based on platform needs and community feedback at any time. Surely any purchase since the credentials and linked email etc. have last been changed can be trusted rather than an arbitrary 2025 date?<\/p>\n<p>You guys have got to stop destroying what makes the platform even remotely appealing and ignoring everybody when we bring up valid concerns because even when we do get responses they are no good. First chat for players and now publishing for developers. What stops someone from making an alt account as the group holder and just having someone random with ID Verified to publish said experience?<\/p>\n<h3>\u00dcberblick: Microsoft-Konto bei Windows 11<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re investing in age estimation technology to help confirm users\u2019 ages Thank you for your feedback, suggestions, and keeping your experiences safe for everyone. We know how important safety, well-being and connection is to creators and everyone on Roblox; it\u2019s important to us too and foundational to everything we do.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today, users in the U.S. and select regions who have not already completed an age check will see in-app prompts asking them to complete one to continue chatting with others. Hi Creators, We recently published a roadmap on some of the fast-follows to the launch of age checks to chat. A lot of users simply do not like the dynamic faces\/heads, and prefer the classic Roblox aesthetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Requirements to Publish and Update Public Experiences Announcements Roblox It is unfortunate that our beloved roblox employees are in kindergarten and they did not learn how to read yet Roblox you should mostly keep this as like a 1 day test to see how people react, if they react badly, remove it! 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